I received my Arbonne order yesterday. I ordered (and received) 1 more eye shadow to complete my shadow box, as well as tinted moisturizer, so I wanted to try them out, even though I had thought to do AL mineral foundation spritzing the brush with water — will do that tomorrow or lighten the tinted moisturizer in one step.
FYI is Arbonne’s line for teens or young adults (“young individuals”), but the products are suitable for all ages. There are tinted moisturizers; glosses; cream shadows (not in a tube); and 4 different fragrances in shower gel, small spray, body cream, and sugar scrub. I tried the fragrances because, as you know, I love fragrance. More on those in another post. Shari told me how much she loves the tinted moisturizer, so I decided to try it. It looks good on her!
Eyes: Arbonne, except where noted, using new eye shape.
Base: Nude Frost (not Arbonne)(cream in a pot)
Lids: First used the soft gray (I think it might be matte). Then used lime green on top of the gray and alone under lower lash line. I wanted to know if the soft gray looked good by itself (it did) and whether it showed up enough (it did.) And I felt it would deepen the impact of the lime. (It did.) In a way it was like using a dark base instead of a skin tone one, but instead of it being cream, it was powder. In RL it looks more lime than it does in the picture.
Crease: Used lighter purple at top edges.
Mascara: Arbonne, 2 step
Brows: Merle Norman powder
Wet lined left lower: Sephora White; right lower: MAC white — the MAC is much whiter and brighter; for a more natural look, choose the Sephora, for a more highlighted look, choose the MAC.
Lined top and lower: Tidal Wave, gel liner (not Arbonne) — This is just a beautiful blue and blends nicely with the lime.
Lined again top and lower: Lancome Micro Palettes — white (but really sheer) with silver — I like this to drift down and around under my eyes some to extend the optical illusion of my eyes.
Concealer: Guerlain
Primer: Forgot
Foundation: Arbonne FYI Light tinted moisturizer — this is a neat product that came recommended by Shari. It is a tad too dark on me. Comparing it to the Arbonne foundation that I use, the foundation is a tad lighter and pinker. I think this would be sufficient foundation and moisture for a lot of people. I used the RE9 moisturizer first.
Highlight all over face: Chanel liquid — this made it a tad lighter — could accomplish the same thing by mixing with regular moisturizer before applying or by mixing this with the tinted moisturizer and applying as one step.
Powder: My sparkly mix
Blush: Arbonne, light pink
Highlight: Guerlain Butterfly perles — got it as a gwp — really great color!
Bronzer: Arbonne — Shari uses this on top of the tinted moisturizer (she uses light-medium tinted moisturizer, 1 shade darker than me.) I’m not sure if she uses powder or if the bronzer is her powder. Shari? The bronzer comes in a large solid compact, but applies softer than the SCA hyaluronic powder, which is very hard so it is difficult to get much product.
Update: Sherri says:
I always use powder to set my makeup and then I bronze.
Lips: Arbonne Prep and Plump Gleam + MAC lip liner, more at my LOTD post.
I’m happy with the look. It takes me longer to write it up than it does to apply it.
Do you use a tinted moisturizer?
Mary Kay makes a very nice one too. My MK consultant uses tinted moisturizer under her MK mineral foundation. It looks good on her.
If you use tinted moisturizer, do you use it with your regular moisturizer or by itself as the only moisturizer?
To buy Arbonne from Bookgirl, if you don’t have a representative, just ask.
Karin
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You look so pretty today! I loved the eye makeup and that green shirt! Can I look like you when I grow up?
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